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• North Vancouver RCMP investigate mountaintop stabbing - North Shore News

  01-02-2018 22:18 via nsnews.com
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  North Vancouver RCMP investigate mountaintop stabbing
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  Members of the RCMP's Emergency Response Team trudge through the snow atop Mount Seymour Thursday morning after an apparent knife fight between men camping together near Dog Mountain. photo Mike Wakefield, North Shore News. North Vancouver RCMP are ...and more »
  
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• Two hikers hurt in knife fight on Mount Seymour

  01-02-2018 22:10 via vancouversun.com
  Two men were taken to hospital early Thursday after they were injured in a knife fight on a Mount Seymour trail.
  The police incident closed the main road up to the ski resort, as armed police officers and search crews headed up the trail on snowshoes.
  North Vancouver RCMP spokesman Cpl. Richard de Jong said a 911 call came in shortly after 5 a.m. from an injured man on the Dog Mountain trail at Mount Seymour.
  Emergency crews found the man about 1,000 metres up the trail from the Mount Seymour pa
  
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• This week's #CityView e-news is ready for you. We've got a new #LookThinkGo video + we'd like your help to animate… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-02-2018 21:55 via twitter.com
  This week's #CityView e-news is ready for you. We've got a new #LookThinkGo video + we'd like your help to animate… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Do you know an exceptional young person who is working hard to make life better for themselves, their peers, or the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-02-2018 21:45 via twitter.com
  Do you know an exceptional young person who is working hard to make life better for themselves, their peers, or the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Police Investigate Stabbing Incident at Mount Seymour bit.ly/2rXkdxH #NorthVancouver

  01-02-2018 21:14 via twitter.com
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• North Vancouver rental block green-lit – despite lack of light - Vancouver Courier

  01-02-2018 21:00 via vancourier.com
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  North Vancouver rental block green-lit – despite lack of light
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  Despite concerns the project will be short on parking and long on shadows, City of North Vancouver council approved an 87-unit project at 1730 Chesterfield Ave. Image supplied, via North Shore News. City of North Vancouver council voted to move ahead ...
  
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• $7.50 for a flight halfway across Canada?

  01-02-2018 20:40
  
  Low-cost airline rolls out ridiculously cheap prices for cross-Canada travel.
  
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• Near record rainfall in Metro Vancouver, more wet weather ahead

  01-02-2018 19:54 via vancouversun.com
  If you felt like January was a particularly dreary month in Vancouver, there’s a reason.
  Residents saw very little sunshine and near record amounts of rain. Environment Canada meteorologist Cindy Yu says YVR saw 249.4 millimetres of rain, making it the fifth wettest January on record.
  The record was set in January 2006 when 283.6 millimetres of rain fell on Vancouver. The normal amount for the month of January is 168.4 millimetres.
  Yu said there’s not much respite from the grey skies
  
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• B.C. Liberals begin voting in leadership race

  01-02-2018 19:50 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — B.C. Liberal Party members began casting ballots for a new leader Thursday, as months of campaigning by six candidates transitioned into a last-minute scramble to get out their voters.
  Voting opened at 9 a.m. with a heavy volume of member interest. Liberal members must first register to receive a personal identification number before casting a ballot. Some campaigns reported wait times of up to 90 minutes, though the party said it had added extra resources to bring any waits dow
  
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• Guilty plea in Surrey homicide of Tarsem Dhaliwal four years ago

  01-02-2018 19:32 via vancouversun.com
  A 36-year-old man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death of 35-year-old Tarsem Dhaliwal four years ago.
  Dhaliwal was reported missing on January 19, 2014, and was found two days later dead inside his vehicle in the Port Kells neighbourhood of Surrey.
  Later that year, Randeep Singh Match was arrested in Abbotsford and charged with second degree murder.
  On Friday, Match, 36, pleaded guilty to manslaughter, according to the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team.
  IHIT spokesman Cpl. Frank
  
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• The road to Mount Seymour is now open to the public. The snowshoe area of Dog Mtn. is being contained by police. Th… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-02-2018 19:22 via twitter.com
  The road to Mount Seymour is now open to the public. The snowshoe area of Dog Mtn. is being contained by police. Th… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Thanks to you we diverted 8 tonnes of dog waste last year with 3 'Got Poop' bins! We've added 20 more bins and we e… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-02-2018 18:55 via twitter.com
  Thanks to you we diverted 8 tonnes of dog waste last year with 3 'Got Poop' bins! We've added 20 more bins and we e… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Two hikers in hospital after police incident on Mount Seymour

  01-02-2018 18:49 via vancouversun.com
  Two men have been hospitalized, and an investigation is underway, after police were called to a trail on Mount Seymour early Thursday morning.
  North Vancouver RCMP aren’t saying much yet, but confirm that Mounties and emergency services were called out around 7 a.m. to a trail on Seymour leading to Dog Mountain after a report of an injured hiker and/or camper. 
  Emergency services called out to Dog Mtn. (Mount Seymour) on a report of an injured hiker/camper.A male was located approx.15
  
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• Vancouver senior dies in Yaletown apartment fire

  01-02-2018 18:39 via vancouversun.com
  A woman is dead following a fire at a Yaletown apartment Wednesday night.
  The fire broke out in a single suite in an apartment at 1033 Marinaside Crescent at around 11:30 p.m.
  Inside the smoke-filled condo, firefighters found the body of a woman in her 80s.
  It was Vancouver’s first fire fatality of 2018.
  The woman’s name has not been released.Cpt. Jonathan Gormick, with Vancouver Fire and Rescue Services, said the blaze was contained to the one suite.
  He said fire investigators have
  
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• A second injured male hiker/camper has been located on Dog Mtn. and is being transported to hospital. Injuries to b… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-02-2018 17:52 via twitter.com
  A second injured male hiker/camper has been located on Dog Mtn. and is being transported to hospital. Injuries to b… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Emergency services called out to Dog Mtn. (Mount Seymour) on a report of an injured hiker/camper. A male was locat… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-02-2018 17:18 via twitter.com
  Emergency services called out to Dog Mtn. (Mount Seymour) on a report of an injured hiker/camper.A male was locat… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Catching up with 2010 Winter Olympics gold medallist Ashleigh McIvor

  01-02-2018 17:13 via vancouversun.com
  As Canada’s top athletes head overseas for the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, B.C.’s own Ashleigh McIvor hopes they’ll look beyond the immediacy of the Games and think about how they’ll reflect on this unique experience in the future.
  “The biggest thing is to consider how you’d want to feel at this stage of your life looking back on it,” she said, referencing her own journey since winning gold in the inaugural women’s ski-cross competition at
  
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• A closed door could save your life in the event of a fire in your home. twitter.com/ul_fsri/status…

  01-02-2018 17:01 via twitter.com
  A closed door could save your life in the event of a fire in your home. twitter.com/ul_fsri/status…
  
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• Rarely seen, ‘weird looking’ tropical bird comes in from the cold in Victoria

  01-02-2018 16:20 via vancouversun.com
  June Pigeon had never seen anything like it before.  She works at Ogden Point and about noon on Monday noticed a “weird looking bird” on the pier.
   He was just sort of standing there and he had his head underneath his wings,” she said. “He was just shaking and shivering. You could get right up to him and he’d just look at you, but he wasn’t moving too far.”
  It was terrible weather that day, so Pigeon took a couple of pictures and called the B.C
  
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• Daily Poll: Should oil and gas companies pay a carbon tax on methane emissions?

  01-02-2018 15:34 via vancouversun.com
  A David Suzuki Foundation report says B.C. oil and gas companies should be paying a carbon tax on methane emissions from inactive and active gas wells. Lead author John Werring says if the industry had to pay for their pollution they would take steps to stop emissions. Do you agree?Take Our Poll
   
  
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• Opinion: Federal finances vulnerable to economic slowdown due to deficits

  01-02-2018 10:00 via vancouversun.com
  An end-of-year poll by the Angus Reid Institute showed increased concern among Canadians about government spending and deficits, which is now (along with the economy) the number-one issue of concern. And for good reason — federal finances remain in the red despite a growing economy.
  A key risk of running deficits during times of economic growth is that the budget cannot be balanced regardless of economic conditions because a permanent imbalance develops between how much the government spen
  
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• Super Bowl LII: Will someone take a knee? Will Justin Timberlake wear a hat? Place your bets, B.C.

  01-02-2018 07:21 via vancouversun.com
  Between the game itself, the star-studded halftime performances, and the always hotly-anticipated (and equally star-studded) commercials, there’s something for everybody on Super Bowl Sunday.
  There’s also something for everybody to wager on. 
  The Super Bowl is the largest single sport-betting event in Canada — last year, British Columbians wagered just shy of $600,000 on the event, according to BCLC. And as the New England Patriots get set to battle the Philadelphia Eagles
  
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• Vancouver's Sean Nelson named the province's top sommelier

  01-02-2018 06:27 via vancouversun.com
  If you’re looking for not just the best bottle of wine, but the best person to select it for you, look no further than Vancouver’s Sean Nelson, who was recently named British Columbia’s best sommelier of 2018.
  Nelson, who plies his trade as the wine steward at Vij’s Restaurant, won the honour at the fourth annual competition. hosted by the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers British Columbia Chapter (CAPS BC).
  The event was held in the
  
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• The Happenings: Three things to do in Vancouver on Thursday, February 1

  01-02-2018 06:01 via vancouversun.com
  Looking for something to do in Metro Vancouver? Here are three suggestions for Thursday, Feb. 1.The Pancakes and Booze Art Show
  You probably gathered just from the title that this isn’t your typical art show. 
  The Pancakes & Booze Art Show has been filling venues all over the world with art-and-pancake lovers since 2009. On Thursday, over 75 local artists and artisans will descend on Fortune Sound Club, along with photographers, bands, DJs for an underground art show unlike a
  
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• Vigil held in downtown Vancouver for man who died while breaking up bar fight

  01-02-2018 05:05 via vancouversun.com
  Hundreds of friends and family members gathered for a candlelight vigil Wednesday for Kalwinder Thind, who was fatally stabbed early Saturday while trying to break up a fight outside the Cabana Lounge nightclub on Granville Street in Vancouver.
  Vancouver Police shut down vehicle access to 1100-block Granville outside the nightclub to accommodate the crowd.
  Thind, known to friends as Kris, was working at the nightclub. He tried to stop the fight but was stabbed and later died in hospital. 
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• Former B.C. Liberal staffer sentenced for role in Quick Wins scandal

  01-02-2018 04:04 via vancouversun.com
  A former B.C. Liberal government staffer who was convicted in the Quick Wins scandal has received a nine-month conditional sentence to be served in the community.
  In October, Brian Bonney pleaded guilty to one count of breach of trust in relation to the government’s plan to gain “quick wins” among the “ethnic” vote leading up to the provincial election in 2013.
  The wrongful conduct of Bonney, who was hired as a government communications director in 2011, included hi
  
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• Seniors advocate investigates food services in B.C. care homes

  01-02-2018 03:36 via vancouversun.com
  It costs the provincial government $8 a day to feed each resident in B.C.’s 300 senior care homes — less than what it costs to feed provincial inmates — but the province wants to ensure the homes spending the money on food, B.C.’s seniors advocate said Wednesday after releasing her annual report.
  An industry group for the care homes say they deserve credit for keeping food costs low and they need more money if they’re going to provide nutritional and interesting mea
  
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• Refugees crossing into B.C. on the rise, immigration group says

  01-02-2018 03:19 via vancouversun.com
  On Nov. 18, 2017, Ribwar Omar, a 38-year-old Iraqi Kurd, arrived in Blaine, Wash., by bus. He stopped at a coffee shop, bought a hot chocolate and then, using the GPS on his phone, he made his way through a forest near the Peace Arch and crossed the border into Canada.
  Omar is awaiting a refugee hearing, one of 1,277 new refugee claimants that made their way on foot from Washington state to B.C. in 2017. New numbers released by the Immigrant Services Society of B.C. (ISS) show their group h
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: A B.C. Liberal timeline that would make The Sopranos envious

  01-02-2018 03:18 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — After four months of a lacklustre leadership campaign, the B.C. Liberals entered the new year hoping to attract more attention to themselves.
  They managed to do so, though not always in the way they hoped. The highlights package:
  • Jan. 1: With leadership entries now closed, six candidates have paid the $50,000 fee: former cabinet ministers Mike de Jong, Todd Stone and Andrew Wilkinson, one-term backbencher Sam Sullivan, rookie MLA Michael Lee and new member Dianne Wat
  
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• A toy train dreamland, hidden in a Surrey warehouse

  01-02-2018 02:11 via vancouversun.com
  The flamboyant millionaire Malcolm Forbes is credited with the line “He who dies with the most toys wins.”
  In the local toy train world, the winner was Alan Cruickshank.
  When he died on Dec. 20 at the age of 86, Cruickshank had an estimated 6,000 toy train models, rails and accoutrements. But it could be more, because his collection is packed away in a Surrey warehouse.
  This week, we got a chance to view the collection. And it’s completely mind-boggling, a toy train dream-world
  
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• REAL SCOOP: IHIT's busy 2018 continues with Chilliwack murder

  01-02-2018 02:09 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide investigators have identified a man shot to death in Chilliwack Wednesday morning as Cody Isaacson, 28.
  Mounties received calls of shots fired in the 9200-block of Broadway Street about 6 a.m.
  “When officers arrived, they found a man with gunshot wounds who was then taken to hospital.  Despite the best efforts of medical staff, the male victim succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead,” Cpl. Frank Jang, of the Integrated Homicide Investigation Tea
  
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• Speakers mostly agreeable to massive plan for Vancouver's False Creek

  01-02-2018 01:31 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver city council heard from scores of residents, developers and interest-holders Wednesday ahead of a key decision on whether to approve a sweeping plan to transform northeast False Creek.
  The 174-page plan for the waterfront neighbourhood calls for mixed-use developments that could house as many as 12,000 residents, including an estimated 3,250 in social-housing units, and employ as many as 8,000 people.
  Many who spoke during the hearing were broadly in support of the plan, though re
  
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• Think Purple for Eating Disorder Awareness Week February 1-7. jessieslegacy.com #Purple4PEDAW #loveourbodies… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-02-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
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• Additional charges approved against Salmon Arm's Curtis Wayne Sagmeon

  01-02-2018 01:17 via vancouversun.com
  Additional charges have been approved against Curtis Wayne Sagmoen relating to allegations of assault brought forward by two other victims.
  RCMP confirmed Wednesday that Sagmoen is now charged with assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon relating to an incident on Aug. 10, 2017, and assault relating to another incident on July 1, 2017.
  The charges involved two different victims who came to know Sagmoen through their work as online escorts. Both victims used backpage.ca to adve
  
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• Rachel Notley says B.C. will face consequences over plan to ban increased oil shipments

  01-02-2018 00:43 via vancouversun.com
  EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says there will be consequences for British Columbia over the province’s latest attempt to hinder expansion of the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain oil pipeline.
  Notley held an emergency cabinet meeting Wednesday to discuss what legal and economic levers Alberta can pull in its spat with its neighbour to the west.
  “The government of Alberta will not — we cannot — let this unconstitutional attack on jobs and working people stand,&
  
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• The Juno Cup: Canadian music greats to take on ex-Canucks in charity hockey clash

  01-02-2018 00:35 via vancouversun.com
  Jim Cuddy, Chad Brownlee and Dallas Smith are set to take on a group of ex-Canucks and other NHLers in a charity hockey game.
  With the Junos coming to Vancouver in March, the annual jock versus rock Juno Cup is also on its way.
  The game goes March 23 at Bill Copeland Arena in Burnaby. Tickets go on sale at 10 a.m. Friday, Feb. 2, via Ticketmaster.
  Lining up alongside Cuddy of Blue Rode fame and country stars Smith (no, not Bobby Orr’s former defence partner) and Brownlee (a former Canucks
  
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• Richmond RCMP investigates explosion on No. 1 Road

  01-02-2018 00:27 via vancouversun.com
  Richmond RCMP are looking for answers after someone set off an explosive Tuesday night at a residence in the 8000 block of No. 1 Road.
  Police responded to the home after receiving reports of possible gunfire.  The damage left behind, however, was consistent with the detonation of an improvised explosive device.
  “The Richmond RCMP is still trying to determine the motive for this incident,” says Cpl. Dennis Hwang. “Luckily, no one was injured, but the possibility that someon
  
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• Old Trout Puppet Workshop goes dark with Lewis Carroll's Jabberwocky

  01-02-2018 00:00 via vancouversun.com
  Jabberwocky
  When: Feb. 6-17, 8 p.m.
  Where: York Theatre
  Tickets: from $22, tickets.thecultch.comNever let it be said that Old Trout Puppet Workshop shies away from obscure theatrical traditions.
  For Jabberwocky, the Calgary-based company pairs Lewis Carroll’s titular poem with 19th-century toy theatres and scrolling panoramas.
  “We’re basically puppeteering illustrations,” said Old Trout co-founder Judd Palmer. “In overall effect, it’s a pointlessly laborious v
  
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